2023 Basic Elections: INEC reveals it has suffered 50 assaults since 2019

Nigeria’s Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee revealed it has suffered 50 assault incidents thus far since 2019.

INEC disclosed this in an infographic assertion launched Friday night by way of Twitter and seen by Nairametrics.

The 12 months 2020 noticed the very best variety of assaults at 22, whereas 2022 has seen the least assaults at 8.

• INEC revealed that every one 8 assaults in 2022 have occurred in simply 5 states that are, Ogun, Osun, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi.
• All causes for assaults this 12 months had been tagged as ” Unknown Gunmen/Hoodlums”.
• Imo state had probably the most assaults this 12 months, at 3, occurring on the INEC LGA places of work in Orlu, Oru West and Owerri.

TIMELINE OF ATTACKS ON INEC OFFICES BETWEEN 2019 AND 12TH DECEMBER 2022

These are assaults because of election-related violence, protests unrelated to elections and actions of thugs and unknown gunmen.

The checklist doesn’t embrace damages to services because of hearth pic.twitter.com/tyS0x98E6K

— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) December 16, 2022

Extra particulars: In the meantime, on the character of assaults since 2019, INEC revealed there was 1 Bandit assault, 1 Boko-Haram assault, 4 because of Publish-election violence, 6 makes an attempt of thuggery throughout Elections, 18 throughout the post-Finish-Sars protest and 20 incidents by Unknown Gunmen.

On the character of the incidents, INEC additionally added that 20 had been Arson makes an attempt, 26 because of vandalisation and 4 assaults which had been ” Arson and Vandalisation”.

In case you missed it: Recall that Nairametrics reported earlier that The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) mentioned the proof of little one voters and a number of registered voters in its Voter Show Scheme is an indication of its ” dedication to transparency”.

They added that that is the primary time it has printed the register on-line in Nigeria’s historical past, including its objective was to allow Nigerians to scrutinize the preliminary register and make claims in regards to the misspelling of names, private particulars, or lacking names ” for individuals beneath the age of 18 years, lifeless individuals, foreigners or these making false claims in order that they are often deleted from the register.

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